I do believe my day just got better. The idea of "masterbating/. monkeys" has just been thrown into my head, and i don't know how i will ever be able to get it out. non the less, it's quite hilarious. Well done AC. It's hilarious anonymous comments like yours that make slashdot so damn great, and yet so damn putrid the rest of the time.
What you say right at the end is extremely interesting, the part about just taxing tariffs. It used to be that tariffs were the primary source of income for the US, and likely other countries. It is unlikely that our governments want to give up their current level of power and control, and revert back to their former ways when they had more of a Libertarian view of things.
Yea, with lines like The Gregorian Calendar does not cease to exist, it just isn't ordinarily used. Except by hicks., you really have to wonder if this guy wants to be taken seriously. The pitfalls to his calendar are enough to keep it from being implemented universally, but once his personality steps in, it is a done deal.
In the case of "the Dakotahs", it is correct to use this reference, since the Dakotas refers to both North and South Dakota. this term "the Dakotas" originates from when the location was a territory known as the Dakota Territory. The name of Dakota Territory came from the large group of Dakota, Lakota, and Nakota Indians from the region. The term "the Dakotas" is fairly accurate, since the general layout, topography, and climate is fairly similar between the two states.
By the way, South Dakota is a big tourist location for a reason, the geography has much to offer, from the rolling planes, to the Badlands (desert), to the Black Hills. (Also of note: The Black Hills hold significant religious value to the Dakota Native Americans.)
the point of all of this, if i'm reading the discussion thread right (on lkml) is that a 2d and maybe even 3d card could be had for about $150. i would be willing to buy a card with good support and natively open source drivers for that price.
probably because his first computer was a compaq(i have no proof, but it's a good guess)
a budy of mine bought a dell, even though i and others told him not to. his power supply went out during warranty, got a new one. his power supply went out again, but this time he wasn't under the warranty any more. he couldn't drop a normal power supply in, because the locations were different and he would have to cut some metal. so he purchased a new case. the motherboard also had to be replaced as his old motherboard wasn't atx. he decided to buy a new sound card since his sound blaster live was proprietary. he also had to buy new ram, but that is because his old motherboard was rdram, not really a big issue, just sold the rdram to a friend.
anyways, when people buy these boxes that big companies like compaq, dell, hp, etc put together, they have little control of the components. thus when something dies they often have to buy an entirely new pc, and not just an individual component.
that's just my point of view, i have always built my own boxes, of course your experience may vary. i have seen some very good mass production boxes, but that was years ago when gateway made sweet pentium mmx/pentium II stuff.
hehe...... ms will not have to try to support these two chips (in any hard fashion) as long as the apps use.NET. if this happens, ms does the hardware for both (and the.NET clr stuff for both), third parties develop for.NET. just think about how beautifully it will work out for microsoft!... runs to corner crying
wtf... seriously, this is slashdot, 'I *feel* like' just don't cut it. if you don't wanna benchmark it, then you can geeeet out! (in the voice of southpark a southpark hick)
This is only slightly related, but I'll run with it. Everyone seems to remember Thomas Jefferson saying that every ten or so years we need a revolution, maybe not a bloody one, but a revolution non-the-less. Why? To keep people involved and continunually thinking critically of the 'Government'. This keeps what is known as the 'Goverment' as being the people, not the beaurocracy. But when the southern states thought that they were no longer being represented fairly, they decided to get the fight the issue. The bloody war that ensued set an example, that the rights of the people and the states were to take back seat to the rules enforced by the central goverment. The central government is now so out of touch with the people that they believe that they are still in touch. They've told themselves their little lie for so long they believe it.
Here's the bad part, for as much as the Democrats and Republicans can say they are different, they are both so authoritarian and elitist, that they see no problem with what is going on. Republicans can say that they are more fiscally responsible, that they try to lower taxes, that they support rights, but where are their examples? Bush increased spending during his term, and we all know that Democrats support larger government.
The rest of the world can stop bitching and just wait, because our direction is heading right toward Socialism, there is no questioning that. And most of America is to complacent to even notice.
I really need to say this... KDE looks like shit, GNOME looks good. So aside from issues about language use, customizability, custom apps, etc; Gnome/Gtk looks much nicer than KDE/Qt. There I said it, hopefully that'll hold me over for another year.
has anyone else felt that being able to move a tab from one window to another would be awesome?
yea, i know, 'just fsckin write it up then if you want it so bad'. well, i do write code, i just don't have any time open to hack on mozilla, nor am i familiar enough with their code base. it's just that this would be a killer feature
haha, yea, but it's actually a pretty damn good tune, with good lyrics, in the true style of classic country... very much unlike country (current country that is, which is more like pop)
I just love to hear stories like that after Microsoft spreads its FUD about how they as a commercial company with I.P. are better for users needs as they actually back their product and test things. How many times do people have to call bullshit before users actually see the light and switch to alternatives like OS X or Linux.
i just read on thg their review of the idf held recently, and those intel fan boys didn't even say anything about why the chip wasn't physically displayed... there is even a funny picture of a staffer hauling the case out of the presentation right away (
here )
why is parent modded down to zero... what is with some of these moderators
to follow the thread of discussion though, i think our so called government is no longer of the people. but the people are too stupid to try to do anything about it. and i do not want to hear any gruff from you far-left liberals, because you are as fascist as some of the right wing conservatives.
it just struck me that perhaps sco is gonna have to go ape on apple since people keep saying stuff like "... the mac it is unix". there are millions of sco unix licenses they should have sold!
"Supports multiple platforms including PC (PS/2), Macintosh (ADB), and Sun SPARC."
I am pretty sure that that is the reason it is more expensive. For most people though, the Lite2 is the model of choice since it comes with arrow keys (without a FN+key mapping) and it has the option to go with USB. I own a USB version which is fairly nice, though some OSes don't like to not have a PS/2 keyboard. Windows and Linux work fine with a USB keyboard though, so I live with it.
Highly suggest these keyboards if you use VI and a shell often. I've bought three of their keyboards, all have been great and the purchasing experience was good.
I absolutely hate the basics of that argument, it is not within the time allowed a programmer to write new stuff that is his own for his application. Occasionally there just has to be third party tools/modules used by applications. If every app had to reinvent, rewrite, retest, reharden every useful feature just to get in his 10% or 5% of the equation, software would have gotten no where. So maybe a 55 year old occasional computer user should just install the damn Java, he's probably sent there by the installer application anyways. God forbid he have to read the Readme.txt
Yea, I'm a Republican too. But I'm talking about the ones that actually hold offices. I'm talking about the ones that send letters to their senators. I don't even send letters to the Republicans anymore, they didn't care. At least the Democrats make it appear like they care about technology, and their votes typically show it. Maybe I'm wrong, but that's been my experience.
I would most definitely have to agree with that. It is usually a safe bet when something wierd is going on that the reason is money. Especially when the object referenced is politics and a really bad solution. Not to mention Republicans are technologically out of their minds.
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here's the funny part, many americans are skinny, quiet and still obsessed with guns. and the funnier part: we're almost all from europe, yea, and usually within 3 generations removed. i really wish all these europeans would quit being mad about all the people in america that were put up with all the european bulls***. just get over it, our ancestors thought it sucked.
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mod parent up, first completely on topic post i've read
I do believe my day just got better. The idea of "masterbating /. monkeys" has just been thrown into my head, and i don't know how i will ever be able to get it out. non the less, it's quite hilarious. Well done AC. It's hilarious anonymous comments like yours that make slashdot so damn great, and yet so damn putrid the rest of the time.
What you say right at the end is extremely interesting, the part about just taxing tariffs. It used to be that tariffs were the primary source of income for the US, and likely other countries. It is unlikely that our governments want to give up their current level of power and control, and revert back to their former ways when they had more of a Libertarian view of things.
Yea, with lines like The Gregorian Calendar does not cease to exist, it just isn't ordinarily used. Except by hicks., you really have to wonder if this guy wants to be taken seriously. The pitfalls to his calendar are enough to keep it from being implemented universally, but once his personality steps in, it is a done deal.
In the case of "the Dakotahs", it is correct to use this reference, since the Dakotas refers to both North and South Dakota. this term "the Dakotas" originates from when the location was a territory known as the Dakota Territory. The name of Dakota Territory came from the large group of Dakota, Lakota, and Nakota Indians from the region. The term "the Dakotas" is fairly accurate, since the general layout, topography, and climate is fairly similar between the two states.
By the way, South Dakota is a big tourist location for a reason, the geography has much to offer, from the rolling planes, to the Badlands (desert), to the Black Hills. (Also of note: The Black Hills hold significant religious value to the Dakota Native Americans.)
more info here: Wikipedia on the term Dakotas
the point of all of this, if i'm reading the discussion thread right (on lkml) is that a 2d and maybe even 3d card could be had for about $150. i would be willing to buy a card with good support and natively open source drivers for that price.
It's just that the board wasn't able to be screwed into the new case, as the Dell had different thread locations.
probably because his first computer was a compaq(i have no proof, but it's a good guess)
a budy of mine bought a dell, even though i and others told him not to. his power supply went out during warranty, got a new one. his power supply went out again, but this time he wasn't under the warranty any more. he couldn't drop a normal power supply in, because the locations were different and he would have to cut some metal. so he purchased a new case. the motherboard also had to be replaced as his old motherboard wasn't atx. he decided to buy a new sound card since his sound blaster live was proprietary. he also had to buy new ram, but that is because his old motherboard was rdram, not really a big issue, just sold the rdram to a friend.
anyways, when people buy these boxes that big companies like compaq, dell, hp, etc put together, they have little control of the components. thus when something dies they often have to buy an entirely new pc, and not just an individual component.
that's just my point of view, i have always built my own boxes, of course your experience may vary. i have seen some very good mass production boxes, but that was years ago when gateway made sweet pentium mmx/pentium II stuff.
hehe ...... .NET. if this happens, ms does the hardware for both (and the .NET clr stuff for both), third parties develop for .NET. just think about how beautifully it will work out for microsoft! ... runs to corner crying
ms will not have to try to support these two chips (in any hard fashion) as long as the apps use
wtf ... seriously, this is slashdot, 'I *feel* like' just don't cut it.
if you don't wanna benchmark it, then you can geeeet out! (in the voice of southpark a southpark hick)
This is only slightly related, but I'll run with it. Everyone seems to remember Thomas Jefferson saying that every ten or so years we need a revolution, maybe not a bloody one, but a revolution non-the-less. Why? To keep people involved and continunually thinking critically of the 'Government'. This keeps what is known as the 'Goverment' as being the people, not the beaurocracy. But when the southern states thought that they were no longer being represented fairly, they decided to get the fight the issue. The bloody war that ensued set an example, that the rights of the people and the states were to take back seat to the rules enforced by the central goverment. The central government is now so out of touch with the people that they believe that they are still in touch. They've told themselves their little lie for so long they believe it.
Here's the bad part, for as much as the Democrats and Republicans can say they are different, they are both so authoritarian and elitist, that they see no problem with what is going on. Republicans can say that they are more fiscally responsible, that they try to lower taxes, that they support rights, but where are their examples? Bush increased spending during his term, and we all know that Democrats support larger government.
The rest of the world can stop bitching and just wait, because our direction is heading right toward Socialism, there is no questioning that. And most of America is to complacent to even notice.
I really need to say this ... KDE looks like shit, GNOME looks good. So aside from issues about language use, customizability, custom apps, etc; Gnome/Gtk looks much nicer than KDE/Qt. There I said it, hopefully that'll hold me over for another year.
has anyone else felt that being able to move a tab from one window to another would be awesome?
yea, i know, 'just fsckin write it up then if you want it so bad'. well, i do write code, i just don't have any time open to hack on mozilla, nor am i familiar enough with their code base. it's just that this would be a killer feature
haha, yea, but it's actually a pretty damn good tune, with good lyrics, in the true style of classic country ... very much unlike country (current country that is, which is more like pop)
I just love to hear stories like that after Microsoft spreads its FUD about how they as a commercial company with I.P. are better for users needs as they actually back their product and test things. How many times do people have to call bullshit before users actually see the light and switch to alternatives like OS X or Linux.
i just read on thg their review of the idf held recently, and those intel fan boys didn't even say anything about why the chip wasn't physically displayed ... there is even a funny picture of a staffer hauling the case out of the presentation right away (
here )
ok ... nevermind, just fuck off
that's crazy american with 4 guns to you
why is parent modded down to zero ... what is with some of these moderators
to follow the thread of discussion though, i think our so called government is no longer of the people. but the people are too stupid to try to do anything about it. and i do not want to hear any gruff from you far-left liberals, because you are as fascist as some of the right wing conservatives.
it just struck me that perhaps sco is gonna have to go ape on apple since people keep saying stuff like "... the mac it is unix". there are millions of sco unix licenses they should have sold!
from the hhk website (their yahoo store)
"Supports multiple platforms including PC (PS/2), Macintosh (ADB), and Sun SPARC."
I am pretty sure that that is the reason it is more expensive. For most people though, the Lite2 is the model of choice since it comes with arrow keys (without a FN+key mapping) and it has the option to go with USB. I own a USB version which is fairly nice, though some OSes don't like to not have a PS/2 keyboard. Windows and Linux work fine with a USB keyboard though, so I live with it.
Highly suggest these keyboards if you use VI and a shell often. I've bought three of their keyboards, all have been great and the purchasing experience was good.
I absolutely hate the basics of that argument, it is not within the time allowed a programmer to write new stuff that is his own for his application. Occasionally there just has to be third party tools/modules used by applications. If every app had to reinvent, rewrite, retest, reharden every useful feature just to get in his 10% or 5% of the equation, software would have gotten no where. So maybe a 55 year old occasional computer user should just install the damn Java, he's probably sent there by the installer application anyways. God forbid he have to read the Readme.txt
Yea, I'm a Republican too. But I'm talking about the ones that actually hold offices. I'm talking about the ones that send letters to their senators. I don't even send letters to the Republicans anymore, they didn't care. At least the Democrats make it appear like they care about technology, and their votes typically show it. Maybe I'm wrong, but that's been my experience.
I would most definitely have to agree with that. It is usually a safe bet when something wierd is going on that the reason is money. Especially when the object referenced is politics and a really bad solution. Not to mention Republicans are technologically out of their minds.
here's the funny part,
many americans are skinny, quiet and still obsessed with guns. and the funnier part: we're almost all from europe, yea, and usually within 3 generations removed.
i really wish all these europeans would quit being mad about all the people in america that were put up with all the european bulls***. just get over it, our ancestors thought it sucked.